I have officially decided that 55 is old enough, and I am through getting older. Henceforth, I will youthen, starting with thisbirthday. I am now 54 years old.

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickOK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard.-- Dr. JoyEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

I have officially decided that 55 is old enough, and I am through getting older. Henceforth, I will youthen, starting with thisbirthday. I am now 54 years old.

That would make quite a good game. You get to olden and youthen one time but it's your choice when you make the change. Do you play it safe and switch back at 30 or hang on until you're 85 and hope a bus doesn't knock you over before you start changing back again?

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything - Friedrich Nietzsche

The great thing about Beaker is his ability to provoke while still being decorous, or at least within acceptable rules of conduct - Qwertyuiopasd

I tried to stop having birthdays years ago but someone always stuffs it up. I didn't get a cake at work last year so maybe my indifference the year before offended? I know a few people 'disappear' for their birthdays... I gotta start doing that.

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.